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Patenti-.1:1 16, 1945 Earl H. Cooper, Toledo, Ohio, assignor to JacquesRoussmLos Angeles, Calif.

Application January so, 1941, serial No. 376,575 7 claims. (ci. S12-3s)This invention relates to towel cabinets, and more particularly, forintermittently dispensing or paying out predetermined or desired lengthsof clean toweling from a roll or a strip or web of cloth in rolled,folded or other form so as to depend from the mechanism in the form of aloop,

stripI or web and to simultaneously wind or take signal the periodbetween the time when the towel is pulled and moved to present a cleansection of toweling for use and when it may be moved again to feed oradvance another clean section of toweling, during which time thetoweling .may not be pulledout.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for locking thetoweling against movement to prevent feeding or pulling thereof at timedintervals and for adjusting the time interval between feeding andrelease of the towel. After the towel has been pulled out or fed andduring which time interval a person is wiping his hands, the towel islocked or held against movement, until the release thereof when thetowel'may again be pulled out. ing out or feeding, it was possible torelease the towel manually or otherwise and to successively pull out a.number of lengths of toweling which was inducive to waste and since theinterval of time may be set or adjusted with the present invention, sayfor seconds or otherwise as desired, v

successive pulling out or advancing of the toweling is prevented as itis necessary to wait out the time interval before the toweling can againbe pulled out, thereby avoiding waste and resulting in economical use ofthe towel.

` Another object of the invention is to provide means to control thefeeding of the towel soy that in pulling a length of toweling thefeeding or measuring roll is turned other than an integral number ofrevolutions, thereby assuring more than one stopping position so thatthe pinch rollV will not engage the abrasive surface of the feeding rollat the same point after each feeding operation, thereby distributing thewear over the entire abrasive surface of the roll and insuring a longeruseful life for said surfaceand positively feeding the towel and windingor taking up the soiled towel.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel ratio of feeding,winding, timing and time 55 as'compared with other-machines whichrequire Heretofore, to prevent pullrelease 'mechanism whereby thefriction feeding and winding rollers are advanced more than one completerevolution each time a length of toweling is pulled down or out for useso as to cause the stripcf towelingroengage dinerentnqips 0n L thesurfaces of the feeding and winding rollers for every one of a multipleof operations or revolutions thereof, such as 5, thereby preventingundue wear at particular points on the friction surfaces of said rollersand increasing the useful life of said roller surfaces a multiple, i.e., ve times their ordinary life.

Another object of the invention is to so arrange and support thetoweling within the cabinet that practical maximum of. contact areas orlengths of the toweling will be engaged with practical maximum ofcontact areas or peripheral surfaces of the feeding and winding ortake-up rollers to also insure longer useful lives for said surfaces andmore positive, uniform and even feeding and winding of the toweling.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel mounting means forthe cabinet and obviate the necessity of providing a stand or oorsupport, thereby releasing valuable floor space for use and obviatingthe possibility of the cabinet Vbeing tipped over.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel .towel cabinetwhich can be supported against a suitable vertical support such as awall or board with the frame of the cabinet supporting the mechanismremovable and the cover or cabinet proper 'hinged to its supportpreferably near the lower rear corner of the machine which enables it toswing forwardly and downwardly to serve as a container for holding theclean towel roll,l towel guide, soiled towel rod or roller or any otherarticles which might otherwise be mislaid or diilcult to manipulateduring the loading of the machine, thereby keeping such parts readilyaccessible and facilitating the emptying and loading or removal of asoiled towel roll and positioning of a clean towel roll.

Another and important object of the inveny tion is to provide a pinchroll which is contained in an assembly serving as a toweling guide andmade separate from the rest ofthe mechanism thereby permitting thepositioning of the pinch roll after the toweling has been placed inposition and thev clean toweling roll thrown in so as to make threadingof the toweling unnecessary.

Another object of the invention is to place the pinch roll under springtension so that no towel slippage is required to set the pinch rollerrmly roller to a winding or receiving roller for the used or soiledtowel and to separate the clean toweling supply or roll and soiled towelroll by a movable plate which compensates for the reduction in the sizeof the clean toweling supply or roll and the enlargement of the soiledtowel roll. Another object of the invention is to provide a floatingvroll separator which can automatically assume any position required bythe changing sizes and positions of the clean toweling supply or rollandthe soiled toweling to effect a conservation of space by utilizingthe space given up by the Ydiminishing clean toweling supply or roll toaccommodate the increasing size of the soiled towel roll.l

Another obect of the invention is to provide al bottom for the cabinetwhich also serves as a separator at the bacl to support or receive thepressure of the clean towel supply or roll and separate the used soiledtoweling from the cle/an toweling in passing to the winding or take-uproller and in which said separator between the clean toweling supply orroll and the ascending soiled toweling can be swung clear of the back ofthe'machine to provide ready access thereto,

vthus further simplifying the task` of loading.

Another objectv of the invention is to provide a signal which isdiscernible or audible to the user to indicate continuously during atime interval when the feeding mechanism is locked and the towelingcannot be pulley out or the time between intermittent checking andyreleasing or feeding of lengths of toweling, when the towel can not bemoved, so as to prevent pulling another length of towel until the sameis released Iat the end of said time interval, and to obviate accidentalor useless waste of and pulling on the towel when it cannot be moved andshould not be pulled during the wiping operation or use of the towel.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for supportingand feeding a clean towelv as well .as winding up a soiled towelincluding a' novel construction of rollers for maintaining the towelingunder tension and insuring uniform, even and positive feeding-fndwinding of the t'owel and Whi'chsii addition to the above stated objectof permitting the removal of lends ofthe body or cylinder ofthe rollthereby enabling lthe replacement of the worn sand sur'- face bysubstitution ofthe body only and to proroll so that the removal andsubstitution can be eected without disassembling the machine.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel construction offriction or sand roll employing a tie rod in the roller assembly whichconverts any transverse load on the sand roll hubs into a lineal stresson the tie rod and not on the web assembly alone so that if the rollshould be under extreme abuse and something must give way, the resultingdeformity will only be the stripping of the threads on the tie rod sothat the hubs will not be broken even though loose and the machine willnot be put out of service. The cost of this common type of` repair thelock as soon as or whether or not the tension on the toweling is relaxedthereby overcoming the objections to other cabinets which are unable tooperate their timers while the toweling is held in tension by a playfulor unaccustomed user.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a timer which isdiscernible or audible during the timing period instead of merelyindieating when the same is released so that inadvertent pulling on thetowel previous to the release or during the time interval will beobviatecl continuously during the entire time interval when the towelingcannot be pulled out until the locking mechanism is released, thusserving as a warning for the ensuing period that the toweling may not bepulled out so as to save unnecessary abuse which normally arises fromthev fact that with most cabinets one can only determine the period oflocking and the release thereof by trying to pull the toweling.'

Further objects and advantages will appear and be brought out more fullyin the following specication, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a roller towel `cabinet in accordancewith the invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed vertical section taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. 1; y Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line 4l ofFig. 1:

Fig. 5 is a detailed horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5 5 ofFig. 4;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional elevation taken on the line 6-8 of Fig.1;

Fig. 7 is a similar view taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. l;

Fig. 8 is a sectional-view taken on the line 8-8 Fig'. 9 is a sectionalview taken on the line 9- of Fig. 6;

IFig. 10 is a sectional view taken on the line I-HI of Fig. 9; Y

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken'on the line lI--II .of Fig. 6;

Fig. 12-is a sectional view taken on the line Fig. 14 is a face view ofa locking cam;

' vide separable bearing plates at the ends of each '75 Fig. 15 is-anenlarged elevation of the towel feed shoulders to engage the inner facesof the side control, timing and indicating mechanism taken on the line|-l5 of Fig. 8 with the gears omitted; Y

Fig. 16 is a front elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. with thegears in position;

Figs. 17 and 18 are horizontal sections taken on the lines Il-Il andI8--|8 of Fig. 15;

Fig. 19 is a. View similar to Fig. 15 but showing the position of theparts after the feed roller has turned approximately one-half of thecycle;`

Fig. 20 is a similar view with the parts in posi- Y tion after 'the feedroller has been turned a complete cycle;

Fig. 21 is an enlarged section taken on the line 2|-2I of Fig. 22 withthe parts in the position shown in Fig. 20 and showing the timing gear;

Fig. 22 is a section taken on the line 22-22 of Fig. 21 with the drivinggears lof the control mechanism in positionvand the base plate inelevation;

Fig. 23 is a detailed edge view of the friction clutch drive of thetiming gear orv clock mechanism;

Fig. 24 is a section taken on the line 24-24'of Fig. 23;

- Fig. 25 is an enlarged face view of a driving gear;

Fig. 26 is an edge view of the driving gear vshown in Fig. 25;

Fig. 27 is an elevation of a bearing sleeve for said gear; v

Fig. 28 is an elevation of the pinch roll -assembly;

Fig. 29 is a sectional 'elevation taken on the' line 29-29 of Fig-28;

Fig. 30 is an elevation of a bearing plate for the feeding and windingrollers;

Fig. 31 is a sectional elevation of the feeding roller;

plates 40 and 4I so as to rigidly hold the same in uniform spacedrelation parallel to each other with screws anchoring the ends of therods at the outsides of the plates. The bottom edges of the plates 40and 4I are provided with apertured ears 45 near their inner and lowercorners and the cabinet or housing 46 which is shown as beingsubstantially of Vrectangular form and open at the back, is providedwith a bottom 'opening 41 flanged'inwardly around the bottom edge. Thecabinet is pivoted or hinged to the mechanism or'frame near the lowerrear corner the bottom flanges or sides of the cabinet are shownprovided with inwardly extending pivot Referring more particularly tothe drawings in detail, 35 designates a vertical support such as a.wall, board or plate. mounted against or ina wall designed to supportthe cabinet thus obvinting the necessity of employing a floor stand sothat valuable floor space may be otherwise used. Secured to thevertical'support 35 is a back mounting plate 36 preferably of metalhaving right angular or outstanding vertical or parallel sideanges 31designed to removably support the frame or mechanism of Athe device. Asshow'n, these side flanges are provided with a plurality of bayonetslots 38 opening at the top through the edges of the flanges to receiveoutstanding pins 39 projecting from the side plates 40 and 4I pins 48projecting in to engage the apertures of the pivot ears orv lugs 45. Thecabinet is sufciently resilient to permit the sides to be separated sothat the pins will spring into the apertures when the spreading pressureis released. Thus, the cabinet may be swung down beneath the frame withits open side upwardly so as to conveniently receive and retain as wellas render accessible anyv parts placed therein. When.

closed, it is swung upwardly and may be held locked by any suitablemeans to prevent access to the interior of the cabinet. As shown, allocking screw 49is provided in the top wall of the cabinet adjacent theopen side and edge thereof which may be operated by a socket or plugwrench or key to engage the keeper or aperture of an angle bracket 50secured to the mounting plate 36. If desired, a mirror 5l may beprovided at the front of the cabinet and held at the back by a removableplate 52 over an opening in the front of the cabinet with suitableinterposed cushion packing to prevent breakage of the mirror.

A bottom plate 53 is provided for the cabinet,

but'is supported between the side plates 40 and 4| of the frame and thisbottom also serves as a separator between the clean toweling roll andthe ascending soiled toweling and can be swung clear of the back of themachine or back mounting plate 36 to provide ready access thereto forsimplifying the task of loading as will be hereinafter more fullyexplained. The front edge of the bottom p late 53 is shown rolled orcurled up as at 54 spaced from the bottom edge of the front vportion orwall of the cabinet to provide an opening at this point through whichthe toweling T is adapted to extend, and at the'back or rear corner iscurved upwardly as indicated at 55 over the lower rod 44 to receive. andsupport the clean towel roll when the same becomes of the frame of themachine which supports the mechanism as a unit. If desired, three ofsuch pins and bayonet slots may be provided, the pins 39 engaging theupper and lower slots and the f intermediate slots being engaged byclamping screws. engaging threaded apertures in the plates 40 and 4I`instead of providing pins 39 to engage the slots, so as to hold theframe from and prevent contact thereof/with the clean towelsmall. Thisplate is then extended vertically as at 56 to form a separator orvertical partition in spaced parallel relation to the backmounting plate36 and provide a narrow transverse vertical channel 58 therebetweenthrough which the soiled or used towel maybe passed to the winding ortake-up roller, as will be later described ing. The top edge of thevertical plate portion 56 is provided with an angular portion 5ldirected forwardly and then upwardly to frictionally spring orresiliently set under and against the upper rod 44 to holdv the plate inposition at the back of the frame in front of the channel or space 58.The bottom 53 is pivoted between the side plates 40 and 4| preferably inspaced relation to the rolled front edge 54 and for this purpose, mayhave angular brackets 56 of L-shaped form rigidly secured thereto at thetop by riveting or otherwise and provided with outwardly extending pivotlugs 56a extending through correspondingly located apertures in the sideplates 40 and 4|. In this manner', the bottom plate together with thepartition may be swung on the pivots so that the curled end 54 swingsdownwardly and rearwardly, the bottom portion 53 upwardly, and thevertical portion 56 upwardly. forwardly and downwardly so as to exposethe back of the cabinet or frame when the clean towel roll is not inposition.

The feeding roller is designated at F and is journaled between theplates 40 and 4| of the frame near the lower forward corners thereof,this roller being a friction or sand roller to insure gripping of thetoweling T the same as the winding roller W and forms a portion of themechanism for the winding of the soiled towel when the clean toweling ispulled out as will be later explained. The winding or take-up roll isdesighated at W and the clean towel in rolled form is designated at C,while the soiled towel roll is des-.

ignated at S. An idle roller I is positioned beneath the clean towelroll C parallel to and slight `ly spaced rearwardly from the feedingroller F so as to take the weight of the clean towel roll when thelatter is initially put into the machine to rest on the idle roller andagainst the vertical portion 56 of the plate where it forms a separatoror partition where the soiled towel pases upwardly in contact with therear face thereof. The idle roller I is journaled directly in the plates46 and 4I spaced from the bottom 53 and when the clean eter, it may passdown against the curved portion 55 betweenthe roller I and the partition56. A pinch roller P is positioned between the feeding roller F and theidle roller I and when in operative position, projects below the latterbut is designed to be pressed against the toweling on the feeding rollerF. It will be noted that the strip or web of toweling from the roll Cpasses over the idle roller I down the pinchroller P, after which it-passes upwardly over the feeding roller F so as to engage thefrictional surface thereof over more than one-half the circumferencethereof and the pressure of roller Pfinsures positive gripping actionbetween this roller surface and the comparatively rough surface of thetoweling so that when the latter is pulled downwardly, as indicated bythe arrows in Figs. 2 and '1, the feeding roller F will be positivelyrotated to uniformly and evenly feed the toweling. The toweling T thenextends downwardly from the feeding roller F through the opening in thebottom of the cabinet between the front thereof and the curled portion54 so as to hang in the form of a loop and then extends upwardly againstthe rear lower truss rod 44 in back of the partition 56 and thenforwardly over and around the winding or take-up roller W for an area'ofover one-half the circumference thereof and then wound upon the soiledtowel roller S which is mounted to be pressed toward the winding rollerW as will be later explained..

The pinch roller P is contained in an assembly which serves as atoweling guide and is separable bly includes a pinch roller'frame 60including arcuate end plates 6| connected by tie rods 62l and also acurved guide or guard plate 63 having tongues 64 spaced along the endsthereof to engage corresponding spaced holes in the end plates 6| so asto hold the guard plate in conformity to the feeding roller above and inspaced relation thereto so that the clean toweling may passtherebetween. The plates of the pivoted assembly or frame are detachablyand pivotally mounted between the side plates 40 and 4| and for thispurpose may be provided with recesses 65 in the towel roll C becomessuiciently'small in diamfrom 'the rest of the mechanism, thereby permititing Jthe positioning of the pinch roll after the toweling or cleantowelC has been thrown in or l placed in position', For this purpose theassemouter ends of the arcuate plates 6I and communicating with theedges thereof to engage pivot lugs 66 extending inwardly from the sideplates of the frame. Thebottom edges of the end plates 6i have arcuaterecesses 61 to accommodate the journals of the feeding roller F and fltaround and over the same. The plates 6l are also provided with notches68 corresponding to the notches or recesses 55 but located at the edgesf the plates facing downwardly remote from the pivoted side at the lugs66 to engage over lugs 68 which also project inwardly from the sideplates of the frame so that when the pinch roller assembly is mounted onthe lugs 66 and swung inwardly and downwardly under the clean towelingroll C the pinch roll P will press the toweling down between the feedroller F and the idle roller I and also draw the-same taut to be fed inthe direction indicated by the arrows as seen in Fig. '1. The pinchroller P has a spindle 10 the ends of which engage in inclined slots 1Iin the end plates 6| in tangential or divergent relation to theperiphery of the feeding rollerF and spaced from the adjacent end of theguard -plate 63. The pinch roll has its ends journaled in hubs orspacing collars 12 positioned inside the plates 6I and coil springs 13are fastened to the hubs or collars 12 and to the tie rod 62 at theopposite or pivoted ends of the plates 6i of the pinch roller frame orassembly and hold the pinch roller toward the feeding roller by tendingto move the same in the slots 1I toward the upper ends thereof. 'I'hetop edges of the plates 6| adjacent the free ends thereof are providedwith shoulders or notches 14 which are engaged by locking dogs15'pivoted on stud pins 16 at the' inner faces of the side plates 46 and4I to hold the pinch roller frame or assembly and toweling guide 63 inposition. The coils of V-shaped springs 11 are mounted on the stud pinsand one arm 16 hooks over the dogs 15 while the other arm 19 is anchoredat one end of a segmental opening 60 in each plate so as to permitaccess to the dogs for releasing the same from the shoulders or notches14 from the outside of the plates 46 and 4I- whereby the pinch rollerassembly may be swung outwardly on its pivots 66 and displaced from theframe. However, when the pinch roller assembly is mounted on the lugs 66and swung inwardly as previously explained, the dogs 15 willautomatically engage the shoulders 14 and lock the pinch roller assemblyin position.

Means may be provided for evenly guiding the toweling through themachine consisting of suitable spacing means, blocks or guides along thesidesthereof at the back and shown in the form of guides 6I for thetoweling to engage the side edges thereof which may be of angularformation and if desired, provided with slots to receive screws 62 forpermitting adjustment to the width of the towel. A separating plate 83is pivoted oiI center as at 64 on a shaft extending transversely of theplate and rigidly secured thereto so that the short side of the plateextends forwardly and held by clamping screws 94.

laligned longitudinal slots 'through which thel tapered ends |04 of aspirally intermediate projections |01.

the hub as seen in Fig. 31.

the long side extends rearwardly to engage under the angular portion 51with the forward portion resting on the clean towel roll C. This plateis pivoted at the free inner ends of a pair of opposed arms 85 closelyadjacent the inner faces of the side plates 40 and 4|, these arms beingpivoted as at 86 to said side plates with screws 81 for removablymounting the arms and plate in position. The soiled towel roller S hasreduced trunnions 88 joiirnaled in open bearings or recesses 89 in theupper ends of the bearings or bars 90 which have spaced anged collars 9|adapted to slide in elonthrough the roller and the tubular trunnions orH2. At one side of the frame, sprockets |22 are gated forwardly inclinedslots 92 in the side plates I0 and 4|. These bearings or bars 90 areretained in position by strips or slides 93 mounted on the reduced endsof the flanged collars 9| and The slides 93 have outstanding angularorbent-ends 95 to each of which a coiled spring 96 is anchored at oneend and at the opposite end by means of screws or the like to the plates40 and 4| of the frame as indicated at 91 so as to normally exert upwardtension to press the soiled towel roller S toward the winding or take-uproller W. Each slide 93 is provided with a finger piece '98 benttherefrom to extend between the plate and a housing 99 of angularflanged construction secured to the outer faces of the plates I0 and 4|and each having a slot |00 through which said finger piece operates.Lugs |0| are provided on the side `plates spaced from the lower ends ofthelguide ways or housings 99 to prevent slides 93 dropping out whendisconnected.

The feeding and winding or take-up rollers F and W constituting thefriction or sand rollers are substantially alike in construction andeach comprises a tubular cylinder or vtube |02 of metal or othersuitable material and provided with |03 near each end wound emery orsand paper strip |05 are inserted and then anchored or glued, the stripspirally wound on the cylinder being suitably anchored or glued to thecylinder if desired. The ends of the cylinder are provided with spacedsegmental notches |06 equidistantly spaced apart and pref# erably threein number forming corresponding Disks |08 forming webs or heads t thenotched ends of the cylinder 'or body and for this purpose are providedwith tubes 'as wellas connect the cylinders and disks to cause them torotate together. The disks or webs `Vfit snugly inhthe'ends of thecylinders and are probearings ||2 and has its threaded ends anchored las by nuts |2| thus to hold the parts in assembled relation and againstseparation or individual end thrust or movement by engagement with the'outer ends of the tubular trunnions or 'bearings mounted on the iattenedportions ||3 of the trunnions and fixed by a set screw |23 while anendless drive member or chain |24A is trained around the sprocket wheelsto causethe friction rollers to rotate in unison.l They are held inposition by spring cotter pins |25 which engage` the annular grooves ||4at one end, preferably the right side of the machine although this isoptional. The corresponding end of the winding roller'W is provided witha ratchet wheel |26 on the flattened portion ||3 of the trunnion l2 withits hub or collar between the plate ||6 and the hub 'or collar of thesprocket Wheel |22. See Fig. 5.) At the bottom roll F, there is noratchet wheel; but the collar .is retained. (See Fig. 31.)

'- The teeth |21 rof the ratchet wheel |26 are engaged by a pawl |28pivoted at |29 to a boss on the plate 4| and held by a spring |30 intoengagement with the teeth |21 so as to prevent backward or retrogrademovement of the winding roller so that the soiled towel cannot beunwound from the soiled towel roller and so that the parts can only bedriven in one direction tending to feed the clean toweling and wind thesoiled toweling. A

collar |26a is mounted to take up space on the vtrunnion ||2 of theroller F at the bottom, in lieu wheels |22 and ratchet wheel |26, andplates ||6 by removing the screws ||9 of the plates ||6 so that the hubsat one side can be displaced outwardly through the correspondingopenings I8 and the webs or disks |08 set in the ends of the body |02displaced outwardly so that the body or vided with outwardly projectingtubular anges or hubs forming spacing means between -the disks and theframe members 40 and 4| and receiving shouldered tubular trunnions |2which are keyed to the disks and the'liubs to turn therewith. Thetubular -trunnions ||2 are provided f with two opposite flattenedsurfaces ||3 at their outer portions and va peripheral groove H4circumscribing the same and intersecting the atplate 4o adjacent the hubm at one side or the frame. At the opposite side of the frame a separateor removable bearing plate ||6 is bolted to the plate 4| and has asleeve or hub ||1 extending in to an opening ||8 of larger diameter thanScrews I9 secure cylinder can be vremoved and a new one inserted andsecured in position. Thus, the notched con- --struction of the frictionor sand rolls Where the disks or webs are set into the ends of the bodyor cylinder of the roll enables replacement of the worn friction or sandsurface by substitution of the bodyonly by reason of the separatebearing plates atr the iight hand or side plate 4| and the entireremoval and substitution can be effected without disassembling themachine. The tie rod construction of the assembly converts anytransverse load onl the sand roll'hubs into a lineal stress on the tierod and not on the `web assembly alone. Thus, if under extreme abusesomething must give way, the resulting deformity will only bethe'stripping of the threads on the tie rod. Thus, the hubs may becomeslightly loose on the trunnions I2 but not broken and the machine willnot be out of service. The cost of this comnon type repair is reduced tojust a fraction Vof the usual cost or entirely leliminated by thisconstruction.

The control mechanism of the machine for the feeding, winding, timingand time release mecha- I preferably mounted at the left hand end-l ofthe lower friction or feeding roller adj accnt the plate 40 at theoutside and for thispurpose a spur gear or pinion |3| is mounted on theflattened the plate ll6in position and atie rod |20 extends 75 portions||3 of the trunnion ||2 andis heldin position by a spring cotter pin |32engaging the annular groove ||4 adjacent the flanged bearing I at thatside. The gear I 3| is also held by'keys |33 'fitting the ,attenedportions 3 and registering recesses in'the gear as shown in Figs. 6 and31. A gear |34 meshes with the gear |3| and its hub extension |35carries a smaller gear or pinion |36 on the outside. At the inside, thehub |35 is provided with a squared portion |31 having 'four flatsurfaces the inner portions of the corners of which are rounded as at|38 (see Figs.,25

and 26) forming corner shoulders |33 facing inhead or hexagon ange |43which is also threaded f into the sleeve |43. A spacing plate |44 ispivotv ally and removably mounted on the post |4| inside of the sleeve|43 and constitutes an apertured extension of a base plate |45 of atiming gear or clock mechanism |1| to be later described. An arm or cam|46 is loosely mounted on the rounded portion |33 against the shoulders|33 to take up end thrust or play of the arm or cam' |46 andan eccentricdisk or cam |5| to be later described.

and prevent axial shifting thereof, and has a circular aperture |41.This arm is circular with a tapered extension forming an eccentricportion which carries an outwardly projecting roller |43 laterally fromthe free end of the arm and also a lateral roller |49 offset from aradial line from the center axis of the plate to the center axis of theroller |43, both rollers being mounted on lateral pivot pins |53. Aneccentric disk or cam |5| has a squared aperture |52 to engage thesquared portion |31 of the hub |35 that is, the flat sides of the:

portion |33, so as toturn therewith together with the'gears |34 and |36which are driven by the rotation` of .the gear |3|. The eccentric cam|5| has a'radial shoulder |53 formed by the eccentric portion for apurpose to be hereinafter explained.

A post |54 is mounted on the plate 43 throught.

threaded aperture therein having a corresponding threaded sleeve or bossas indicated in Fig. 18 and a gear |55 is loose on the post and has asleeve |56 bearing thereon to which is fixed a cam |51 at its inner end.This cam has concentric high i portions or edges |58 and low faces oredges |53 intermediately therebetween and both opposing one another toform resulting radial shoulders |63 and |6| diametrically opposite andfacing in opposite directions at diagonally opposite ends of said highand low portions. A springcotter pin |62 holds the gear |55 and the camin position in an annular grove on the post |54. A'anged bearing sleeveor stud |63 is held on the outside of the plate 43 by'a' locking screw|64 threaded therethrough with an interposed spacing washer |65and alocking pawl or dog |66 is mounted on the sleeve |63 to engage theshoulder |53 and hold A the cam |5| and also all of the partsoperatively connected thereto including the gears and feed- V ing rollerF positively against rotation in the direction tending to feed the cleantoweling. An arm |61 is provided on the pawl |66 in acute angled orV-shaped relation thereto and a spring |63 is mounted on the washer |65at its coiled portion with one arm |63 anchored onthe platev 43 of theframe while the other arm |13 is anchored against the arm |61 to exerttension for normany holding the pawl in position to engage the shoulder|63. The timing or clock mechanism |1| is mounted on the base plate |45disposed against the plate 43 and this base plate has struck outportions which support. the frame of the timing or gear mechanism whichconstitutes a perceptible or discernible meansby which the user canascertain when a towel section cannot be pulled out. In other words, inthis instance, it constitutes an audible means to indicate to the userwhen the machine is inoperative and when the toweling may not be pulledout or moved, usually during the use thereof or during the wipingoperation and continuously during the period between when the towelinghas been moved and islocked against movement by the pawl |66 engagingthe shoulder |53 until released by the disengagement of the-pawl |66therefrom when it may be moved again as will be hereinafter more fullyexplained. The timing gear or clock mechanism |1| includes a train ofgears mounted in its frame and also comprises a ratchet or escapementmechanism I1 a and causes timed operation of the timing gear or clockmechanism by oscillation with the two pins or pawls thereofautomatically engaging the teeth of the ratchet or escapement wheeladjacent thereto as seen in Fig. 21, while preventing unrestrained freerotation such as would prevent regulation of the timing vwhich permitsrotation in one direction only or prevents backward rotation. It valsoincludes a gear |12 loose on a hub |13 fixed on a shaft |14 and having asquared portionv |15 on which a spring clutch plate |16 is fixed tofrictionally engage one face of the gear |12. A forked arm |11 is iixedto the shaft |14 at its inner end to engage the roller |43 upon pullingout a section of toweling and then to time the release thereof under thecontrol of the clock mechanism or timing gear under the action of acoiled spring |18 forming a motor orpower device which is connected tothe free end of the arm |46 and at its other end to the plate 43 of theframe, all as shown in Figs. 15 to 26, inclusive. The base plate l |45has an arcuate slot |13 concentric to the post |4| -constituting a pivotof the plate |45 at extension |44 for engagement by a set screw |33threaded in an aperture inthe plate 43 so as to adjust the base plate|45 and the timing gear or clock mechanism |1| and also the forked arm|11 so as to vary the angular position of theY forked arm and the timeduration of engagement of the roller |43 therewith and its releasetherefrom so that the roller on the arm |46 under the action of, thespring |13 will strike the angular arm |61 and unseat or disengage thepawl |66 from the shoulder |53 at the end of the time interval duringwhich the machine is inoperative so that another section or length oftoweling cannot be pulled out until the end of this period which isrendered perceptible or discernible to the user, in this case by theaudible action of the clock mechanism continuously and entirely duringthe period after a section of toweling has been pulled out and untilreleased, when another section of toweling may be pulledout so as toobviate pulling "successive sections of toweling without an intermittentrestraining action and obviate waste by such useless pulling on thetoweling or damage to the machine.

Operation Inthe operation of the device, assuming that the cabinet isempty of toweling, the housing or cabinet proper is released by turningthe locking screw 43 to disengge it from the bracket or the slots 1| inwhich the toweling T tc pass over top and front walls of the cabinetwill form a receptacle for receiving a roll of clean towel. It will alsoserve as a container for the towel guide or pinch roll assembly 90 whichis removed from its operative position by swinging it upwardly on thepivots 66 and removing it from the frame.

It will also support the soiled towel roller S or any other articleswhich might otherwise be mislald or diilicult to manipulate'during theloading of the machine. 'Ihe soiled towel roller S is merely open bottomat the rear or back so that the side,

displaced from the open bearings or recesses 89 in the upper endsof thebearings 90. A length of clean toweling T is-then unrolled from theclean towel roll C and with the plate 53 swung on its pivot so as todispose the partition or separator 58 forwardly and downwardly relativeto its normal vertical position where it forms the space 58 inconnection with the back mounting plate 36,- the end ofthe toweling isthen passed under the bottom of the machine in back of the rods 44through the space 58 which has been opened by the forward tilting of theplate portion 56 so as to render accessible the back of the machine tofacilitate-loading. The fact that the bottom of the cabinet is integralwith the separator which is normally positioned between the cleantoweling roll and the ascending soiled toweling and can be swung clearofthe back of the machine to provide ready access thereto greatlysimplifies the task of loading. The toweling is then extended over thewinding or take-up roller W and the end portion thereof wound upon thesoiled towel roller S which is placed in position in the bearings 98 andpressed against the roller W by the tension of the springs 96. The plate53 is then swung back into the idle roller I so that when the pinchroller assembly is placed in position as just described, the pinchroller will loop the toweling downwardly by pressure thereon between theidle roller I and the feeding roller F and will be placed under tensionby the springs 13 due to the inclination of the slots 1I and thetangential relation or convergence thereof toward the periphery of thefeeding roller F and the tendency of the springs to press or hold thepinch roller against the feeding roller F and toweling thereonbelow itsaxis |28 and at the same time theguard plate or guide 63 will bepositioned over the feeding roller and the assembly or frame held inposition by engagement of the notches 68 with the pins or lugs 69.'I'hepinch roll is contained in an assembly which serves as a towelingguide and is separable from the rest of the mechanism therebypositioning the -pinch roller after the toweling has beenv thrown orplaced in position.

This makes threading of the toweling unnecessary. Also, owing -to thefact that the pinch roller is positioned under spring tension, no towelslippage is required to set the pinch roller rmly and in positionpressing against the feeding roller with 'the interposed toweling. Most, if not all other machines, require motion of the toweling toaccomplish this function. The machine is now ready to operate and when aclean wiping section of toweling is desired, the user merely grasps theroller P and the idle roller I to unwind the towelposition with itsvertical portion or partition I8 in I front of the ascending towelingwhere itis held by the angular portion 51 frictionally and resilientlyengaging the upper rod 44. With sufllcient length of the clean-toweldepending below .the machine in the form of a loop as shown in Figs. 1and 2, the length of which may be varied as desired, the clean roll oftoweling C is then thrust or placed in position as shown in Fig. 'l'resting upon the idle roller I and the partition or separator 56 spacedabove the .bottom portion 53. The separatingY plate 83 whichautomatically floats with the pivoted arms 85 may be raised tofacilitate insertion of the clean` towel roll and will move vdown as theclean toweling is dispensed therefrom but normally may assume the.position shown in Fig. "1 but always keeps the soiled toweling out ofcontact with the clean toweling continuously during the time when thelatter is unwound from the roll C and being wound on the roller S. Thepinch roller and guide assembly or frame is then inserted in position byengaging the notches vwith the pivots 66 and swinging the samerearwardly and downwardly on said pivots so that the pinch roller P willpass or snap by the periphery of the clean toweling roll C and the idleroller I permitted by pinch roller P is journaled and the'normaltendency of the springs 'I3l` to hold thepinch roller at the inner endsof thev slots. The placing of the cleanl toweling roll C in position aspreviously explained will cause the the feeding roller F and ing fromthe clean towel roll C. Due to the feeding and winding rollers beingpositively connected by the chain l24 on the sprocket wheels |22, -thewinding or* take-up roller W will be rotated in the same direction asthe feeding roller F thereby advancing the soiled toweling around thewinding roller and causing it to be Wound on -the soiled towel roller Sby reason of the latter and the toweling thereon being pressed againstthe winding roller W by the springs 96 which elevate the bearings 98 inthe slots 92. By holding the soiled toweling roll in contact with thetakeup or winding roller by spring tension instead of depending upongravity as in most, if not all other machines, this produces a moreuniformly and tightly wound roll of soiled toweling, thus reducing thespace requirement of the roll. The floating separator orvplate 83 whichcan assume any position required by the changing sizes and positions ofthe toweling rolls is used to effect a conservation of space by usingthe space given up by the diminishing clean roll to accommodate theincreasing size of the soiled towel roll.

In order to-regulate the feeding or advancing of the toweling as well asthe winding and the time vinterval of, the perceptible or discerniblesignal which, as previously explained, is audible in this instance duetc the buzzing sound of rthe operation of the gears of the timing orclock mechanism HI and thus indicate to the user when the device isinoperative or when give anl audible, discernible, or perceptible sigthetoweling' may not be pulled out, as well as nal continuously during theperiod when the towel is normally used for the wiping operation or theperiod between the time Vwhen the towel to rotate the feeding roller Fand the winding roller W, the latter will be permitted to rotate by thepawl |28 riding over the teeth of the ratchet wheel |26 but restrainingthe same against reverse rotation so that the toweling cannot be unwoundfrom the soiled towel roller. This also turns the gear |3| which in turndrives the gears |34, |36 and |65 thus rotating the cam or eccentric |5|and the cam |51 rigid with gear.|55 until one of the shoulders |60engages the roller |49 to swing the arm |46 rearwardly and cause theroller |48 to engage the fork of the arm |11 against the action of thespring or motor |18. During this time, the locking pawl |66 rides on thesurface of the eccentric |5| being so held by the spring |68. The forkedarm is held in this position during the continued rotation of theeccentric cam |5| and the cam |61 while a high portion |58 rides againstthe roller |49 until the latter roller passes down the shoulder |6| oris released into the low portion |68 at the end of said high portion torelease the pressure against the roller |49 tending to hold the arm |46and its roller |48 in engagement with the forked arm |11 to hold thelatter down toward the left thereby permitting the arm |46 to be pulledto the right by the spring |18. However, by the time the high portion|58 passes the roller |49 the cam |5| will have rotated to the left inan anticlockwise direction into position so that its shoulder |53' willbe engaged by the locking dog or pawl |66 as shown in Fig. 20 of thedrawings, and the roller |48 having passed into and free to move at thelow portion |59 while the cam |51 is checked, the arm |46 and roller |49will be released and free to move to the right or clockwise under theaction of the motor or power means formed by the spring |18 as seen inFigs. 15 and 20, that is, the clock mechanism |1| is free to act andmove arm |46 whereby the spring or power means |18 will operate thetimer signal after the cam |51 has turned one-half of a revolution sothat the spring |18 will act to swing the g forked arm |11 forwardly andupwardly while the roller |48 is retained in the recess of the forkedarm |11 until the roller can pass out of the fork or recess thereof dueto the are swung by the arm |46 instead of being restrained by the upperedge of the recess until such position has been reached. In the downwardmovement, the roller |48 will engage the lower edge of the recess or armof the fork and the forked arm |11 by reason of the slippage at the'friction clutch plate |16 against the face of the gear |12 can swingdown free of rotation of the train of gears of the timing or clockmechanism. However, in the upward movement of the arm |11 under theactionof the spring |18, the spring clutch plate |16 will engage thegear |12 and cause the clock mechanism to be actuated and to restrainthe movement of the forked arm so that it will take a certain definitepredeterminedand preadjusted A period for the arm to move into releasingposiagainst the arm |61 to release the pawl |66 from the shoulder |63whereby the dispensing means `may again be operated to feed the towelingweb, sheet or strip. During this movementv after the roller |49 has beenallowed to drop down the shoulder |6|, into the low portion |69 and thepawl |86 is engaging the shoulder |63, the feeding roller will berestrainedagainst further rotation together with the eccentric or cam|6| and the cam |61 so that during the return movement of the forked armand the arm |46, a certain definite time interval will be requiredbefore another length of toweling can be dispensed or pulled out afterthe pawl |66 .has been released. It is important to note that the arm|46 is free to turn to the right or clockwise independently of the cam|6| by reason of being mounted on 'the rounded portions |38 of the hub|86 while the cam |6| must rotate with the hub |86 and thus with thefeeding roller and cam |61 due to the gearing train or drive connectionstherebetween. Owing to the audible signal which is given by theoperation of the gears of the timing or clock mechanism during the slowreturn .movement of the forked arm and the arm |46 under the action ofthe spring |18 by reason of the roller |48 being held in the forked arm,a continuous signal will be given to indicate tothe user the periodduring which the toweling may not be pulled out. This signal isperceptible o r discernible for the entire period when the controlmechanism is held locked by the pawl |66 engaging the shoulderA |63 orafter -a predetermined length or section of `toweling has been pulledout and during which time the device is rendered inoperative. Thus,there is providedkmeans to indicate to the user the time interval duringwhich the towel may not be pulled out which time interval is usuallyemployed in the use of the towel or duringthe wiping operation'or, inother words, the period after the towel has been pulled 'out or movedand when it may be moved again. This prevents the toweling from beingcontinuously pulled out or successively dispensed without anintermittent interval when it lis held locked and until released lso asto more than one stopping position. The value of.

this feature is that inasmuch as the greatest wear on the abrasivesurface of the roller occurs at the pinch roll position, this mechanismdistributes the wear over more than one spot on the roll instead of atthe same point each time and thereby the useful life of the rollers F land W are considerably lengthened. Itvis believed that a clearerunderstanding of this feature will be had by explaining that in Fig.6the locking dog or pawl l|66 is shown disengaged from the shoulder |63after the timing or clock mechanism has operated and the roller |48 hasbeen released to strike the arm |61 for this purpose as previouslyexplained so that the toweling may now be pulled out. Fig. 15 shows thesame position of the parts but with the gears omitted. While thegear'ratio and the relative turning of the feed roller F, cam oreccentric |6| and cam |61 may be varied for purposes e of illustrationand inthe embodiment shown,

for each one and one-quarter revolutions' constituting a cycle ofoperation of the vfeed roller, the cam |6| is turned one completerevolution by the arrangement of the gear train shown and the cam |61 isturned one-half of a revolution and the diameter of the feed roller issuch that the toweling may be fed out approximately eight retarding ofthe movement ofthe latter under the action of the spring |18 before theroller |48 strikes the arm |61 and disengages the pawl |66 from theshoulder |53 and thereby releases the towel feeding mechanism so thatthe towel may be advanced and a clean section drawn for wiping purposes.Fig. 16 shows the position of position of the parts after the towelinghas been completely pulled out a predetermined length and the feedingroller F has turned approximately one and one-'quarter revolutions orfor a complete cycle of operation with the roller |49 in position to bereleased from the high portion |58 of the'cam |51 down the shoulder |6|and into the low portion |59 so that the timing or clock mechanism |1|or the gearing composing the same will start to ,operate and willcontinuously indicate to the user by a perceptible or discernible signalwhich in this in-l stance is audible and may be produced in any theparts as in Fig.` and Fig. 2\1 shows the Y position of the parts afterthe toweling has been pulled out and the controlling mechanism in lockedposition before the timing mechanism startsl its operation on the returnstroke or movement. Fig. .19 shows the position of the parts after thetoweling has been half fed out or the parts moved one-half of a cycleand the feed roller turned approximately ve-eighths of a revolution andthe arm |46 moved to the left by engagement with the adjacent shoulder|60 with the cam |5| turned one-half of a revolution. The turning of thearm |46 causes the roller |48 to engage the 'forked arm |11 and movethis. arm -free of the gear |12, the clutch plate |16 slipping duringthis movement so that the timing or clock mechanism remains inactive.

"I'he cam |5| being fixed to the squared portion |31 will be driven bythe gears and the arm |46 is'turned by the cam |51 engaging the roller|49 at the shoulder |60 and at the limit of 'the movements of thearms|46, and |11 as shown in Fig. 19, they will remain in the same7.position during the continued rotation of the cam |51 until the highportion |58 passes the roller |49 and the latter on the action of thespring |18 is free to move down the shoul- 1 der |6| into the lowportion |59 to permit Athe clock mechanism or timing gear |1| to operatefor an exact period determined by the angular v adjustment of the baseplate at the extension |44 on the pivot post |4| and the timing geartherewith through the medium of the .slot

|10 and held by the set screw |80. The further the base plate4 |45 issetto the left the shorter will be the time interval during which Vthelocking dog |66 is engaged andthe toweling held locked againstbeingpulled out and conversely, when the plate 45 is set to the right,said time interval will be lengthened or increased accordingly. This isdue to the fact that the angular position of the forked arm ,|11 will bechanged so that the open end of the slot, recess or verge thereof willface more quickly or -more slowly in a releasing direction as to theroller |48 and as soon as the latter is released under tension of thespring |18 it will strike the arm |61 and disengage the dog |66 from theshoulder` |53 by the impact and thus permit free movement of the`toweling and the feed roller F as well as the simultaneous rewinding ortake up of the soiled toweling upon the soiled towel roller S by thespring .pressure engagement of the'latter with the simultaneously drivenwinding roller W by the drive connection between the feeding androllers. However, the reverse rotation will be positively prevented bythe ratchet mech-- anism on the winding roller consisting of the ratchetwheel |26- ap'd the pawl |28 engaging -the teeth |21 thereof so that thedevice may not'be put out of order by reverse -or retrograde movement ofthe toweling. Fig. 20 shows tlie 1l.l 11181911.1116 es Well as theconstruction ofthe rollsuitable way, but as shown,is the sound ofoperation of the clock mechanism, the time durationL during which thetoweling may not be pulled out thereby to obviate pulling on the sameand possibly putting the mechanism out of order. These signals will beintermittent or alternate between each pulling of a length of towelingand the next pulling so as to indicate when the toweling is lockedagainst movement and may not' be moved or'pulled, as well as when it isreleased and may be moved again. During this time interval, the cam |51as well as thefeed roller F and the cam or eccentric |5| will remainstationary while the arm |46 which is free to `turn independentlythereof on the rounded portion |38 moves with the forked arm |11 of thetiming mechanism |1| and remain stationary until the toweling is againpulled out to reset the locking mechanism and the timing mechanism topermit the latter to operate and release the locking mechanism after thedesired time interval. By reason of the novel ratio of feeding, winding,timing and time release mech- `anism, as described, whereby the frictionfeeding and winding rollers are advanced other than an integral numberof revolutions each time a length of toweling is pulled down or out foruse and arranging the toweling so as to cause the strip of toweling toextend around or engage with the friction surfaces on said rollersat-the major or practicable maximum portions of their peripheries, butmore particularly to cause the engagement of the pinch roller P with theroller F as well as the soiled towel roller S with the winding ortake-up roller W at a different point on the -periphery of the feedingand winding rollers respectively vwhen stopped after each cycle ofoperation or moving of the toweling to advance a clean section to wipingposition thereby preventing undue wear on the friction surfaces on saidrollers at any particular point as surfaces is insured. In theparticular arrangement shown, a different surface will be presented tothe pinch rollerfor every multiple of` four operations before repeatingand before the same point is again4 contacted thereby preventingunduewear on the .frictionsurfaces emery paper or sand paper of 'thefriction or sand rollers constituted by the feeding and winding rollersand increasing the useful life of said roller surfaces a multiple of orapproximately four' times their ordinary life. The construction of themeans for supporting and feeding the clean toweling as well as windingup the soiled toweling, the arrangement of the rollers and the mannerinwhich the toweling is run through the ers for feedingand winding up thetoweling and the arrangement ofthe pinch roller P and j wound roll ofsoiled toweling but also reducing the space requirement of the roll. Thepinch roll is also contained in an assembly or frame which serves as atoweling guide by reason of the opposite edges of the toweling stripfeeding between the end plates 6| thereof and Vbetween the feeding ro lland the guideplate 63 which is disposed in spaced concentric or parallelrelation thereto. By having the pinch roll assembly separable from therest of the mechanism, the pinch roll may be placed in position afterthe -toweling has been mounted in position, thus making threading of thetoweling between rollers I, P and Flunnecessary. Placing of the towelingis also facilitated especially due to the fact' thatthe separator orpartition formed by the vertical wall' 56 may be swung down away fromthe back of the machine when the end of the toweling is first wound uponthe soiled towel roller S after being passed over and around the windingroller W and then fastened to or wound beyond the soiled towel roller S.By having the pinch roll pressing againstthe feeding roll under springtension and positionedI or snapped in position under such tension overthe feeding roller and under the clean towel roll so that thel towelingisloopedfdown between the idle roller toweling is maintained in constantuniform con.

tact under pressure witha maximum surface or more than half thevcircumference of the feeding roller F aswell as in engagement with theidling roller. This is also due to the engagement pf the toweling withthe winding roller W over more than one-half the circumference Vthereofand is further insured by the pressure between the toweling yon thesoiled towel roller S and the periphery of the winding roller W due tothe resilient mounting of thesoiled towel roller and the -action of thesprings l86 in maintaining-the roller S and the soiled toweling woundthereon against the surface of the rollerl W by means of thev springheld bearings 90.

-The separators $6 and. lalso maintain the aseaaoo tuating means for thetiming mechanism- |19 not only actuates said mechanism but upon releaseof its operative connection with the timing mechanism or beingoperatively disconnected therefrom by disengagement of the roller |48from the forked arm |11 acts to move the arm |46 and roller |48 toovercome the action of the spring |68 which otherwise normally holds thelocking dog or pawl |66 engaged with the shoulder |63 of the cam oreccentric |5|, by causing said roller to forcibly strike or engage thearm |61 and release the pawl |66 from its locking position holding orrestraining the feeding of the clean toweling. The cam |5| will rideagainst and hold the pawl |66 out until again engaged by the shoulder orstop |53 while the cam |5| is turned by pulling out and feeding thetoweling T. It should also be noted and will be apparent from theforegoing description of the construction and operation that due to thefeeding and windingrollers being of the same diameter, and 4being'operatively connected as described and directly controlling the feedingand winding of the toweling thereon, as well as the regulating andtiming mechanism and intervals when the device is locked, and due to themeans for preventing retrograde movement or unwinding of the soiledtoweling roll, the soiled toweling will be rolled up into the cabinet inthe form of a roller at a linear rate exactly equal to the linear rateat which the clean toweling is uniformly dispensed or pulled outaccording to the adjustment for which the machineis set but preferablyapproximately eight inches, thus keeping the amount or length of thedepending loop of exposed toweling substantially constant. It will alsoappear that while the length of toweling dispensed at each use ispreferably eight inches, this may be adjusted or varied as desired, as.by varying the sizes of forward or reverse movement after each pullcleantoweungout lof contati; with1 the sones g toweling and the latterseparator compensates"- for the varying sizes of -the clean and soiledtoweling rolls. reason of` thegffioating action .thereof so that theseparator can assume any position required by thechanging sirlesv andpositions lofthe toweling rolls, a conservation of -space is effected byutilizing the space given u-p by the diminishing clean roll toaccommodate the increasing size .of the soiled towel roll 'and'A whenthe clean towel roll is suillciently small it may drop betweenlthe idleroller I. and the ver- .tical plate I6 on to the ,bottoml 63 while stillpressing against the idle vroller I and increas ing of the towel and thetoweling prevented from slipping when pulled unnaturally hard or innormal operationfthereby preventing rewinding of the used or soile'dtoweling on the clean toweling roll or unwinding the used or soiledtoweling from the soiled toweling roll. Also, the time interval betweenfeedings may be controlled by the time controlled mechanism which may beadjusted as desired, say from five to twenty-.two seconds or otherwise.lThe time controlled mechanism as well as all the other mechanism, isnot accessible to any one using the machine by resaon of being enclosedin the cabinet in the manner described'. thus preventing tamperingtherewith and rendering the device fool-proof.

used toweling pass upwardly' against the lower angular stress at the topand bottom, the damp V towel-ingle smoothed nat instead of leaving themi the surface cgnmt with the' hterunu 76 samefol rumpled or uneven andfree to It niay also be stated that by having the damp -spaced relationto the vertical lbetween said clean towel roll, said separatorcomprisinga plate resting on vshrink This is assisted by placing the towelingunder pressure and tension of the depending loop` and pulling thereon indispensing of pulling the toweling out or down for and in use, and inbeing wound `or taken up on the roller W and the roll S, as well as thefrictlonal engagement and sliding against the rear -lower truss rod 44and the plate 56, whereby the towelout to normal condition or length andassisted in'drying, so that the depending loop or length of toweling foruse will 'be maintained in a loop of constant length, instead ofshortening by drying in a crinkled, wrinkled, folded or unevencondition. y

While I have illustrated and vdescribed the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modication without departing from the spirit of theinvention.v I, therefore, do not wish lto be limited to the precisedetails of construca vertical support including a removably mountedframe, a cabinet thereover having a bottom opening, a back plate forminga partition in support at theback of the cabinet and having a forwardlyextended bottom portion pivoted in the frame and whose forward edge isspaced from the front wall of the cabinet to form an opening forreceiving the towel therethrough, towel feeding means at the front landlower portion of the frame, means to support a clean towel roll at thelower portion of the frame, said towel passing up in back of thepartition, a winding means at the top and ing will be kept smooth andsomewhat stretched the clean towel roll andarms pivoted near the frontof the cabinet, said plate being pivotally mounted in and between therear ends of the arms.

4. In a towel cabinet, a frame having a bottom wall with a rear portionextending upwardly to form apartition, an idle roller upon which a cleantowel supply is adapted to rest in conjunction with` the partition, afriction feed roller in front of said idle roller for receiving thetoweling thereover, a pinch roller assembly removably mounted in theframe over said feed roller land having towel guide means, said pinchroller being held toward the feed roller, an upper friction windingroller, the toweling extending upwardly in back of the'partition andover the windingl roller, upper bearings `normally disposed toward thewinding roller and a soiled towel roller held in said bearings and uponwhich the soiled towel is wound after passing over the winding rollerand held against the winding roller.

5. A towe1 cabinet including a rigid section, a

support in the section providing an opening at',

the front, said support extending along the bottom of the rigid sectionand upwardly in spaced relation to the back thereof, said support beingpivoted at the bottom to tilt forwardly, means at the top of the supportto hold the same in operative position and means including a receivinginstrumentality whereby toweling may be fed from the support downwardlythrough the opening at the front then upwardly through said space tosaid instrumentality.

6. A towel cabinet including a housing having a back wall, a. take-upmeans, dispensing means and a plate pivoted in the housing at thebottomV and having a portion spaced from the back wall, l

means to hold the plate in the last namedposition in the housing, thefront of the plate form-f ing an opening with thehousing through whichthe toweling from the dispensing means may back portion of the frame andmeans actuating the winding means for winding the toweling as p usedabove the c1ean` towel roll and simultaneously and at the same Aratewith the feeding thereof.

2. In a towel cabinet, a feeding roll anda winding roll, a lower cleantowel roll, an upper soiled towel roll and a floating separator betweensaid clean towel roll and soiled towel roll including arms pivoted inthe frame and a plate pivoted between the-free ends of the arms.

3. In a tolwel cabinet, a feeding roll and a winding roll, a lower cleantowel roll, an upper soiled towel roll and a pivoted oating separatorroll and soiled towel pass downwardly and then upwardly between the backwall of the housing and the plate to the take-up means.

'7. A towel'cabinet including an outer section forming a housing, astationary inner section, a take-up roll, dispensing means and anangular plate pivoted in the inner section at the bottom and having anupwardly extending portion, means to engage thetop of the plate .tofrictionally hold the platev in operative position, the front 'of theplate forming an opening with the outer section through which thetoweling from the dispensing means may -pass downwardly and thenupwardly at the back 'of the plate to the take-up roll.A

. EARL H. COOPER.

